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Timely IBD diagnosis critical-clock ticking from symptom onset which may precede diagnosis by years doi.org/10.1093/ecco-j… #IBD #GItwitter #MedTwitter
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Thanks for highlighting our review of dietary guidelines in GI 👇🏼
Nutrition & dietary guidelines in GI disorders have increased since 2010 to fill the gap between evidence and bedside

@EiriniDimidi, @ProfWhelan & S. Mark Scott comment on advances and methodological issues

@NatRevGastroHep 

tinyurl.com/8ps2zhbd
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Mark Tully was a giant among journalists and the greatest Indophile of his generation. He was also a uniquely warm, generous, gentle, kind and helpful man, at whose feet I was honoured to sit for many years as he patiently explained the subtleties & nuances of India. As the voicrreplaceable, a man prepared to stand up to power and to tell the truth, however uncomfortable. Both privately and professionally, he will be much, much missed.
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Looks like a robust RCT in moderate/severe colitis well done m. Trouble is there are so many different tapering regimens-the findings feel right when I think of my clinical practice. I give 40mg pred 2/52 then reduce 5mg/wk. What do others do?
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Finally someone’s done this study pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41482657/
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10 breakthroughs in medicine in 2025

Read it here: breakingground.substack.com/p/10-breakthro…
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Very moving-such a cultural beacon in our lives
“It’s so good… It’s wisdom.”

Reflecting on his guest edit and leaving In Our Time after almost 30 years, Melvyn Bragg gives an emotional reading of Thomas Hardy's 'She, To Him'.
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Our latest video in our partnership with @DGlaucomflecken summarizes the final analysis of 23 years of follow-up to evaluate the long-term effects of PSA screening. Read the full analysis for free: nej.md/DrG32
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Replying to @sophierharding
Please share this important study with your patient groups/networks. All welcome but we need to few more men in the study! @IBDBOOST @ProfChrisNorton @WladziaC @IBD_gastro @RichardPollok @StMarksHospital @CrohnsColitisUK @IBD_BioResource @BritSocGastro
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It shouldn’t be taboo!
Let’s talk #SUD Substance use disorders in #IBD, raise awareness, understand its impact on IBD & address it

🗳️CMEpolls👇🏽
🆓#CME👉🏽 mnibd.short.gy/25-26

🧵#Back2Basics 12/15

Support by edu grants @abbvie @JNJInnovation @TakedaPharma
📌Your career?
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Deprivation-ever was the same :(
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Great reflection on a very successful academic career
Delighted to have been asked to write this article by @PhilSmithIsBack for @FrontGastro_BMJ

Hopefully useful for residents and some familiar themes for career academics.

Reflecting on a career as a clinical academic in gastroenterology fg.bmj.com/content/early/…
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Delighted to have been asked to write this article by @PhilSmithIsBack for @FrontGastro_BMJ

Hopefully useful for residents and some familiar themes for career academics.

Reflecting on a career as a clinical academic in gastroenterology fg.bmj.com/content/early/…
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Now this is how you triage...
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70 years ago today, Rosa Parks took a seat and started a revolution. By refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, Parks ignited the Civil Rights movement.

RETWEET to honor her historic legacy! 💙
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5 medical breakthroughs this week

You can read the full version on Substack: breakingground.substack.com/p/5-medical-br…
5 medical breakthroughs this week (🧵)

1. A pill to prevent dengue

Tested in a human challenge trial, Mosnodenvir was very effective to prevent dengue infection

This still needs to be tested in the field, but it could add to the 3 licensed vaccines – and prove very useful as s into Europe and the US...

nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
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Well done!
For decades I’ve been obsessed by science.
It's therefore unbelievable to me to be a @Clarivate #HighlyCited2025

Nutrition and dietetics has been amazing to me! The interaction of science, health and food and caring that good nutrition is a human right
linkedin.com/posts/kevin-wh…
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🚨 Thanks to @lukelikeslivers @bhmullish @heatherilewis @salihacooks
for this fantastic article giving clinicians a practical approach to nutrition in cirrhosis 👏

The 🔑 messages are:
1️⃣ Malnutriton and sarcopaenia are common and associated with worse outcomes
2️⃣ Patients day with a late evening snack
3️⃣ Micronutrient deficiencies and osteoperosis should be screened for
4️⃣ A high protein diet can protect against HE

👀 Check out the full article below ⬇️

fg.bmj.com/content/early/…

@PhilSmithIsBack @OTavabie @dr_aditi_kumar @TrevorTabone @eathar_s @IrenePerezMD @KGananandan @zare_benjamin @medicalreg @dtleiberman @BASLedu @BSGtrainees @WorldGastroOrg @ulstergastro @pancreatitis_nl @SEEDendoscopia @EASLedu @AmCollegeGastro @Aegastro @SAGES_updates @UHSEndoscopy @WAGE_media

#GITwitter #livertwitter #gastroenterology #Endoscopy #EUS #MedEd #ALD

#liverhealth #EASL #cirrhosisawareness #alcoholism #gastroenterology #medicine #nutrition
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5 science breakthroughs this week (🧵)

1. Lupus remission with cell therapy

18 patients with longstanding, treatment-resistant lupus were treated with B cell-depleting natural killer cells (CD19 CAR NK-cells)

There results were pretty amazing: every patient was able to stop ressants and taper steroids; 13/18 had lupus remission (‘DORIS’)

This approach seems to be roughly as effective as using CAR-T cells — with a gentler safety profile

thelancet.com/journals/lance…
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Podcast in the making going through the great paper from @ShahidaDin1 @ross_j_porter regarding colorectal cancer screening in IBD and the @BritSocGastro latest guideline on surveillance

@dr_aditi_kumar @eathar_s @PhilSmithIsBack thanks for the outstanding organization. Honored ends 🙏🏻❤️

For @FrontGastro_BMJ
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Snapshot of my lecture @gastromx on Diet in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

#ECCO Consensus on Diet in IBD, statement 2:

All people with IBD should have access to a dietitian with experience in IBD

I know we are a long way from achieving this.
But it starts here!
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